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hel·le·bore
\ˈheləˌbō(ə)r\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin helleborus, elleborus, from Greek helleboros, perhaps from hellos, ellos fawn + -boros (from bibrōskein to devour); akin to Greek elaphos deer — more at elk, voracious
1.
a. : a plant of the genus Helleborus — see bear's foot 1
b. : a poisonous herb of the genus Veratrum
2.
a. : the dried rhizome and root of any medicinal herb of the genus Helleborus (as the black hellebores H. niger and H. orientalis and the green hellebore H. viridis) or a powder or extract of this used by the ancient Greeks and Romans in treating mental and other disorders
b. : the dried rhizome and root of a white hellebore (Veratrum album or V. viride) or a powder or extract of this containing alkaloids (as protoveratrine) used as a cardiac and respiratory depressant and also as an insecticide |